Movie+Crossovers

Science Fiction has a rich history of coming to life on the big screen. Dating all the way back to 1897, when French Director Georges Méliès was creating short Science Fiction films, science fiction has had a place in the entertainment industry.

Many great Science Fiction films had their origins in literature. Critically acclaimed films by director Stanley Kubrick, //2001: A Space Odyssey// and //A Clockwork Orange// both were based on Science Fiction novels as were more recent blockbuster films //The Time Machine// and //I, Robot.//

While not as numerous as their adult counterparts, there is a similar tradition for Science Fiction books aimed at Young Adults being turned into movies.

This 2009 movie, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman tells the story of Coraline, a girl who finds a finds a secret passage and enters an idealized, slightly sinister parallel universe. media type="youtube" key="LO3n67BQvh0?fs=1" height="385" width="480"
 * Coraline**

This 2005 movie was based on the popular novel by Douglas Adams. The movie chronicles the adventures of Arthur Dent, a man who was swept off of Earth moments before it's demise. media type="youtube" key="MbGNcoB2Y4I?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy**

This 2003 made for tv movie is based on the Newbery award winning novel by Madeleine L'Engle. When physicist Dr. Murray and his lab partner disappear while working on a time travel experiment, his children are left baffled as to where he went. Months later the children, along with their neighbor, are summoned by mystical forces to search for their father. What follows is a perilous quest to other worlds on a search for their missing father.
 * A Wrinkle in Time**

This 1999 animated film was based on the 1968 novel //The Iron Man// by Ted Hughes. The movie tells the story of 9 year-old Hogarth Hughes and his friendship with the Iron Giant, a giant alien robot from outer space. It falls to Hogarth to protect the Iron Giant when the government decides that the alien robot must be destroyed at all cost.media type="youtube" key="OTnu-cGP17w?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * The Iron Giant**

This 2002 film, based on the novel by HG Wells, tells the story of inventor Alexander Hartdegen, who is desperate to prove that time travel is possible. In an attempt at traveling back in time using a time machine that he built, Hartdegen instead travels 800,000 years into the future and discovers a world where humans have become both the hunter and the hunted. media type="youtube" key="Ry_s2Pk1DHI?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * The Time Machine**

Based on the novel by Stephen Gould, //Jumper// is about a young man who finds out he can teleport or “jump” to anywhere in the world. His gift, however, puts him in the middle of a war that has lasted for centuries. media type="youtube" key="2PQi5ueqig4?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * Jumper**

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